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Charpentier

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Pronunciation
  
Shaur PAHN' t'yih

Meaning
  
worker or fixer of wood, builder of wood

Related names
  
Carpenter, Zimmermann, Zimmerman, Carpentier, Zimerman

Charpentier ([ʃaʁ.pɑ̃.tje]) is the French word for "carpenter" and a French surname. A variant spelling is Carpentier. In English the name is spelled Carpenter (surname) while in German it is Zimmermann.

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The origin of the name dates to 900-1000 where Charpentier comes from Old French, Late Latin: carpentarius artifex or wainwright, equivalent to Latin carpent(um) two wheeled carriage ( < Celt; cf. OIr carpad chariot) + arius - ARY; see ER2.

Artists & sculptors

  • Constance Marie Charpentier (1767–1849), French painter
  • Alexandre Charpentier (1856–1909), French sculptor and medallist
  • Jean-Marie Charpentier (1939-2010), French architect

    • Composers & musicians

  • Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643–1704), French composer of much sacred vocal music including Te Deum (Charpentier), and Molière's last collaborator
  • Jean-Jacques Beauvarlet-Charpentier (28 June 1734 – 6 May 1794) French organist and composer, father of Jacques-Marie (1766–1834), also an organist and composer
  • Gustave Charpentier (1860–1956), French composer of Louise (opera)
  • Gabriel Charpentier (born 1925), Canadian composer (see Canadian encyclopedia entry)
  • Jacques Charpentier (born 1933 in Calcutta), French composer and organist (see fr:Jacques Charpentier)

    • Politicians

  • Victor-Therese Charpentier (1732–1776), French governor-general of Saint-Domingue

    • Scientists

  • François Charpentier (1620–1702), French archaeologist and scholar
  • François-Philippe Charpentier (1734–1817), French engraver and inventor
  • Johann Friedrich Wilhelm de Charpentier (1738–1805), the father of both Toussaint and Johann/Jean
  • Toussaint de Charpentier (1779–1847), German geologist and entomologist
  • Johann von or Jean de Charpentier (1786–1855), German-Swiss geologist, namesake of the Antarctic Charpentier Pyramid
  • Augustin Charpentier (1852–1916), French physician, investigator of size-weight illusion
  • Emmanuelle Charpentier (born 1968), French researcher in Microbiology, Genetics and Biochemistry

    • Soldiers

  • Henri François Marie Charpentier (1769–1831), French general of the Napoleonic Wars

    • Writers

  • Fulgence Charpentier (1897–2001), Canadian journalist, editor and publisher

    • Athletes

  • Sébastien Charpentier (born 1973), French motorcycle racer
  • Sébastien Charpentier (born 1977), Canadian ice hockey player

    • Other

  • Henri Charpentier (183?-1888), namesake of a lake and town in North Dakota

    • References

    Charpentier Wikipedia
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